crusty beau | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Crusty
·adj Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surl...

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crusty
Sturdy; morose; snappish. A low word.--Johnson. Provincial in various parts of England. A word, says...

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Beau
·noun A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy. II. Beau ·noun A man who ...

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crusty fellow
A surly fellow. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Beau ideal
·- A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all ...

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Beau monde
·- The fashionable world; people of fashion and gayety. ...

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beau-nasty
A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty. ...

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beau trap
A loose stone in a pavement, under which water lodges, and on being trod upon, squirts it up, to the...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose